Ecclesiastes 10:17

English Standard Version

17 Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of the nobility, and your princes feast at the proper time, for strength, and not for drunkenness! (Pr 31:4; Isa 5:11)

New International Version

17 Blessed is the land whose king is of noble birth and whose princes eat at a proper time – for strength and not for drunkenness.

New International Reader’s Version

17 How blessed is the land whose king was born into the royal family! How blessed if its princes eat and drink at the proper time! How blessed if they eat and drink to become strong and not to get drunk!

King James Version

17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!